CCS & Negative Emissions
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Carbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyEuropeGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable Energy
BREAKING: 57% GHG Cut In Doubt as UK Misses 2020 Renewables Target
Just days after the United Kingdom committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions 57% from 1990 levels by 2032, the country’s grid operator reported this ... -
Promising CCS Process Turns CO2 Gas to Stone
Iceland appears to be making good progress with an approach to carbon capture and storage (CCS) that involves dissolving carbon dioxide in volcanic rock, ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsCoalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentUnited States
U.S. Pulls Funding for Troubled Texas CCS Project
The U.S. Department of Energy has suspended funding for a troubled carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Texas, after its inspector general raised ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentUnited States
Exxon Invests in Fuel Cell to Produce Power from Stored Carbon
ExxonMobil is pouring research and development dollars into FuelCell Energy, a Danbury, Connecticut company that is hoping to commercialize a process to capture and ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
New Fossil Investments Must Factor In Low-Carbon Shift: U.S. Envoy
Any new fossil fuel investments in Canada will have to factor in the realities and risks of the shift to a low-carbon economy, and ... -
CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
New Fossil Projects Will Leave Investors High and Dry: Report
New “downstream” fossil fuel installations like pipelines and power plants may not be able to operate long enough to recover the money investors pour ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyUnited States
JPMorgan Joins Coal Divestment Trend
JPMorgan Chase & Co., a bank built on a financial foundation of coal-fueled railroads in the last century, has announced it will no longer ... -
Air & MarineAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCCS & Negative EmissionsDemand & DistributionNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergyResearch & Development
New Battery Design Could Pull Carbon Out of the Air
A research team at Vanderbilt University has come up with a new battery design that could pull carbon out of the atmosphere, turning electric ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEuropeJurisdictionsNon-Renewable Energy
CCS Promoters Shift Focus from Fossils to Industrial Uses
Carbon capture and storage advocates may be abandoning the fossil fuel industry as the most promising place to develop their technologies, judging by a ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsNon-Renewable EnergyPost-Carbon Transition
1.5° Goal in Paris Agreement Depends on ‘Veiled Techno-Utopia’
The “genuine triumph of international diplomacy” embodied in the Paris Agreement may have “sown the seeds of its own demise” by relying on carbon ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyNon-Renewable EnergyPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergyResearch & Development
Carbon-Negative Technology: It’s Not Your Grandparents’ CCS
A new generation of “carbon-negative” technology could be an important factor in meeting a new global goal of 1.5°C average warming that will almost ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeForests & DeforestationInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural Sequestration
New Ag Practices Would Improve Soils, Sequester Carbon
France took advantage of the United Nations climate summit in Paris to promote its 4 Pour 1,000 Initiative, an effort to lock more carbon ... -
BioenergyCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable Energy
Be Wary of ‘Science Fiction Solution’, Advocates Urge Climate Deciders
Decision-makers looking for elements of a global solution to climate change should be wary of a “net zero emissions” option that “is no more ...
